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A new study from North Carolina shows that Hispanics add some $9.2 billion to the Tarheel economy, while costing the state just $61 million in schools, roads, hospitals, and prisons. That’s a pretty massive surplus.

The study is consistent with a study last year released by NBER showing that, contrary to what immigration foes would have you believe, immigration has a net postive effect on the wages of U.S.born laborers.

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James Joyner at OTB and Radley Balko both point out this study, which indicates that in certain cases, immigration is good for the economy. The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at my alma mater, UNC Chapel Hill investigated the economic…

Radley Balko notes “A new study from North Carolina shows that Hispanics add some $9.2 billion to the Tarheel economy, while costing the state just $61 million in schools, roads, hospitals, and prisons. That’s a pretty massive surplus.&#822…